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    Re: V4 No spell check? No way.

    Well, I can tell you that since that post, I have "gotten used" to typing in Xara, then copying and pasting into Word to check spelling, then copy>paste back into Xara. It's a pain, but I really like...
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    Re: My Xara4 exported pics are resized in Flash

    Ya - I don't see it anywhere in Flash. I'll post on a Flash forum and report back if I learn something.
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    Re: My Xara4 exported pics are resized in Flash

    Thank you SO much! So, you're saying I can change a setting in Flash CS3 so I'm working in 96dpi and can bring things right in from Xara without the extra steps? If so, prey tell where? I've looked...
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    Re: My Xara4 exported pics are resized in Flash

    Thank you guys SO MUCH! I am really surprised I haven't run up against this before. I appreciate the responses and work-around suggestions. And why is Xara 96 as apposed to 72? I'm betting thats been...
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    Re: My Xara4 exported pics are resized in Flash

    Ok- I seem to be mistaken and the resizing I described above is happening in both Flash 8 and CS3. This is just maddening. I can not figure it out. If anyone with Flash could test the attached. It's...
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    My Xara4 exported pics are resized in Flash

    Hello all,

    For some time I have exported of PNGs and JPEGs from Xara 4 Pro to use in Flash 8 Pro. Today I decided to finally fire up Flash CS3 Pro and it is resizing all the pics smaller on import...
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    Re: Xtreme Pro odd cropping behavior

    Ah-HA! I see the new Photo tool is where its at now. Very nice! Thanks,

    Scott
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    Xtreme Pro odd cropping behavior

    Hello All,

    Ok - so today I am using Xara and I go to crop some photos in the way I always do: double click photo to open it in Picture Editor>select crop>click-drag the area to leave after...
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    Export bleed area in PSD

    Hi All,

    I need to export my Xara project in Photoshop PSD format, but the bleed area I've set up in Xara does not export with it. I notice it does if a export as PDF, but I need it in PSD format....
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    Re: PDF/x anomalies

    Thank you both so much. Question - when you say convert the whole group to a bitmap with True color+alpha, I think you mean export the group as a PNG then reimport, yes? I know about the "creat bimap...
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    Re: PDF/x anomalies

    Yikes! Thanks for looking. And yes, I noticed that it's where the PNG with transparant areas overlaps the line. But if you take just one of those food bowl and rectangles and put it in a file by...
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    Re: PDF/x anomalies

    No, I am just using the "commercial printing" setting and not changing anything else. I did try tweaking the settings, but that had no effect.

    Scott
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    Re: PDF/x anomalies

    I can't upload the real file because it's proprietary, but I made an example file. I've noticed this doesn't happen in smaller files, and it's more prominent in the file I can't post, but if you...
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    PDF/x anomalies

    Hello all,

    I'm a long time Xara 3.2 user and am trial-ing V4 Pro. My main interest is being able to export PDF/x out of Xara without going through PS. My first test exports look good with one...
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    Re: PNGs out of Photoshop import fuzzy

    Oh, of COURSE! I should have thought of that. Thank you!

    Scott
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    PNGs out of Photoshop import fuzzy

    Hello all,

    I recently have had to export some pictures from Xara Extreme 3.2.3 as PNGs with alpha to work on in Photoshop (just feathering some transparent areas). In PS I don't change any sizing...
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    Re: Line direction

    Thank you both SO MUCH!

    Scott
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    Line direction

    I know this is basic, but if I've given a line an arrowhead, but it's on the wrong end, how do I switch it. I know I used to know this, but can't remember it for the life of me.

    Thanks, Scott
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    V4 No spell check? No way.

    I have enjoyed using Xara for the last two versions and would like to continue to support the product, but having a major upgrade (V4) not include spell check makes my decision not to upgrade very...
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    Re: Pasted text appeares corrupted

    Ah-ha! I am completely unfamiliar with the quality slider. And it was not at full.

    Glad that was so easy to fix. Thank you very much!

    Scott
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    Pasted text appeares corrupted

    Hello All,

    I'm having a very frustrating time with some text appearing corrupted in files I'm creating in Xara Xtreme 3.2. I've attached a file for anyone to look at. If I export the page as a...
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    .AI Export possible?

    I'm using the newest Xara Extreme and exporting .ai doesn't seem to work at all. I've seen posts about using .pdf, instead, but why is .ai an option on export when exporting as such is of no use? I...
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    Re: .swf export issue

    Thank you Anders. That did the trick. I also did not know .wmf was an option. I also tried PDF which worked well for a lot of the layout but some text objects went missing or were relocated.
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    .swf export issue

    Hello all,

    I have a web layout that that I've done in Xara Extreme (not Pro) that contains static elements that I want to export to Flash. Even though I am converting lines to shapes prior to...
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    Size in Pixels question...

    I have noticed that photos I import into Xara extreme documents are smaller than they "should" be. For example, I downloaded a stock photo that is 849 x 565 pixels at 72 dpi and then import it into...
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